2 Samuel 2:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men give a test of their strength before us. And Joab said, Let them do so.

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  • 2 Sam 2:17 : 17 And there was hard fighting that day; and Abner and the men of Israel gave way before the servants of David.
  • 2 Sam 2:26-27 : 26 Then crying out to Joab, Abner said, Are fighting and destruction to go on for ever? do you not see that the end will only be bitter? how long will it be before you send the people back and make them give up attacking their countrymen? 27 And Joab said, By the living God, if you had not given the word, the people would have gone on attacking their countrymen till the morning.
  • Prov 10:23 : 23 It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.
  • Prov 17:14 : 14 The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.
  • Prov 20:18 : 18 Every purpose is put into effect by wise help: and by wise guiding make war.
  • Prov 25:8 : 8 Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?
  • Prov 26:18-19 : 18 As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death, 19 So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Sam 2:12-13
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    78%

    12And Abner, the son of Ner, with the servants of Saul's son Ish-bosheth, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

    13And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out and came face to face with them by the pool of Gibeon; and they took up their position, facing one another on opposite sides of the pool.

  • 2 Sam 2:15
    78%

    15So they got up and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth and twelve of the servants of David.

  • 2 Sam 2:24-27
    4 verses
    74%

    24But Joab and Abishai went after Abner: and the sun went down when they came to the hill of Ammah, which is to the east of the road through the waste land of Geba.

    25And the men of Benjamin came together after Abner in one band, and took their places on the top of a hill.

    26Then crying out to Joab, Abner said, Are fighting and destruction to go on for ever? do you not see that the end will only be bitter? how long will it be before you send the people back and make them give up attacking their countrymen?

    27And Joab said, By the living God, if you had not given the word, the people would have gone on attacking their countrymen till the morning.

  • 2 Sam 2:29-31
    3 verses
    73%

    29And all that night Abner and his men went through the Arabah; they went over Jordan and through all Bithron and came to Mahanaim.

    30And Joab came back from fighting Abner: and when he had got all his men together, it was seen that nineteen of David's men, in addition to Asahel, were not with them.

    31But David's men had put to death three hundred and sixty of the men of Benjamin and of Abner's men

  • 2 Sam 2:20-22
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    73%

    20Then Abner, looking back, said, Is it you, Asahel? And he said, It is I.

    21And Abner said, Then go to the right or to the left and put your hands on one of the fighting-men and take his arms. But Asahel would not be turned away from going after Abner.

    22Then again Abner said to Asahel, Go to one side, do not keep on coming after me: why will you make me put an end to you? for then I will be shamed before your brother Joab.

  • 2 Sam 3:19-24
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    71%

    19And Abner said the same things to Benjamin: and he went to David in Hebron to make clear to him what seemed good to Israel and to all the people of Benjamin.

    20So Abner, with twenty men, came to Hebron, to David. And David made a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.

    21And Abner said to David, Now I will go, and make all Israel come to my lord the king, so that they may make an agreement with you, and your kingdom may be as wide as your heart's desire. Then David sent Abner away and he went in peace.

    22Now the servants of David and Joab had been out attacking a band of armed men, and they came back with a great store of goods taken in the fight: but Abner was no longer in Hebron with David, for he had sent him away and he had gone in peace.

    23When Joab and his men came, news was given them that Abner, the son of Ner, had come to the king, who had let him go away again in peace.

    24Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? when Abner came to you why did you send him away and let him go?

  • 2 Sam 3:30-31
    2 verses
    71%

    30So Joab and Abishai his brother put Abner to death, because he had put to death their brother Asahel in the fight at Gibeon.

    31And David said to Joab and all the people who were with him, Go in grief and put haircloth about you, in sorrow for Abner. And King David went after the dead body.

  • 2 Sam 20:11
    71%

    11And one of Joab's young men, taking his place at Amasa's side, said, Whoever is for Joab and for David, let him go after Joab!

  • 2 Sam 2:17
    71%

    17And there was hard fighting that day; and Abner and the men of Israel gave way before the servants of David.

  • 2 Sam 2:8
    70%

    8Now Abner, the son of Ner, captain of Saul's army, had taken Saul's son Ish-bosheth over to Mahanaim,

  • 1 Chr 19:13-15
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    70%

    13Take heart, and let us be strong for our people and for the towns of our God; and may the Lord do what seems good to him.

    14So Joab and the people who were with him went forward into the fight against the Aramaeans, and they went in flight before him.

    15And when the children of Ammon saw the flight of the Aramaeans, they themselves went in flight from Abishai, his brother, and came into the town. Then Joab came back to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 18:15
    70%

    15And ten young men, servants of Joab, came round Absalom and put an end to him.

  • 2 Sam 10:12-14
    3 verses
    69%

    12Take heart, and let us be strong for our people and for the towns of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.

    13Then Joab and the people with him went forward to the fight against the Aramaeans, and they went in flight before him.

    14And when the children of Ammon saw the flight of the Aramaeans, they themselves went in flight from Abishai, and came into the town. So Joab went back from fighting the children of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 14:21
    69%

    21And the king said to Joab, See now, I will do this thing: go then and Come back with the young man Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 14:30-31
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    69%

    30So he said to his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley in it; go and put it on fire. And Absalom's servants put the field on fire.

    31Then Joab came to Absalom in his house and said to him, Why have your servants put my field on fire?

  • 1 Sam 14:1
    68%

    1Now one day Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man who was with him, looking after his arms, Come, let us go over to the Philistine force over there. But he said nothing to his father.

  • 1 Chr 19:10-11
    2 verses
    68%

    10Now when Joab saw that their forces were in position against him in front and at his back, he took all the best men of Israel, and put them in line against the Aramaeans;

    11And the rest of the people he put in position against the children of Ammon with Abishai, his brother, at their head.

  • 2 Sam 3:26
    68%

    26And when Joab had come out from David, he sent men after Abner, and they overtook him at the water-spring of Sirah, and made him come back with them: but David had no knowledge of it.

  • 2 Sam 14:23
    68%

    23So Joab got up and went to Geshur and came back again to Jerusalem with Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 14:1
    68%

    1Now it was clear to Joab, the son of Zeruiah, that the king's heart was turning to Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 4:12
    68%

    12And David gave orders to his young men and they put them to death, cutting off their hands and their feet and hanging them up by the side of the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and put it in its last resting-place with Abner's body in Hebron.

  • 2 Sam 3:6
    67%

    6Now while there was war between Saul's people and David's people, Abner was making himself strong among the supporters of Saul.

  • 2 Sam 3:17
    67%

    17Then Abner had a talk with the chief men of Israel, saying, In the past it was your desire to make David your king: so now, do it:

  • Judg 20:14
    67%

    14And the children of Benjamin came together from all their towns to Gibeah, to go to war with the children of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 10:10
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    10And the rest of the people he put in position against the children of Ammon, with Abishai, his brother, at their head.

  • 1 Kgs 2:5
    66%

    5Now you have knowledge of what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, did to me, and to the two captains of the army of Israel, Abner, the son of Ner, and Amasa, the son of Jether, whom he put to death, taking payment for the blood of war in time of peace, and making the band of my clothing and the shoes on my feet red with the blood of one put to death without cause.

  • 1 Sam 25:12
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    12So David's young men, turning away, went back and gave him an account of everything he had said.

  • 1 Sam 26:14
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    14And crying out to the people and to Abner, the son of Ner, David said, Have you no answer to give, Abner? Then Abner said, Who is that crying out to the king?

  • 2 Sam 20:8
    66%

    8When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came face to face with them. Now Joab had on his war-dress, and round him a band from which his sword was hanging in its cover; and while he was walking, it came out, falling to the earth.

  • 2 Sam 3:12
    66%

    12And Abner sent men to David at Hebron, saying, Make an agreement with me, and I will give you my support in getting all Israel on your side.